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petiolis (pedicellis) lougis ci'ectis, if it may 

 be presumed a Sphagnum^ as I saw no 

 calyptra. The little heads or capsules 

 were exactly spherical*. 



After mucli difficulty and fatigue, we 

 reached the summit of the mountain to the 

 westward. Here the country-people kept 

 watch during the war with the Russians, 

 and were obliged to attend twice a day, as 

 this place commands an extensive sea view. 

 They had collected a great quantity of 

 Mood, on which stood a pole, with a tar- 

 barrel placed transversely on its top. This 

 was to be set on fire at the landing or ap- 

 proach of the enemy, being conspicuous 

 for many miles around. 



I brought away with me a stone, which 

 seemed of a very compound kind. Every 

 sort of moss grows on this mountain, that 

 can be found any where in the neighbour- 

 ing country. The trees towards the upper 



* Llnnaeiis's ideas concerning the genera of Mosses 

 were at this lime in a very unsettled $tate. Could this 

 be any thing else than Bartramia pomiformis ? 



